Eye-guard



e. F. STORM.

EYE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920 'INVENTOR. 1? r171 W1 TNESSES: fi -W za ATTORNEY illustrated in the and are provided with a UNITED STATES GUSTAV F. STORM, OF SANBORN, IOWA.

EYE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7, 1920.

Application filed January '11, 1918. Serial No. 270,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv F. STORM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Sanborn, county of OBrien, and. State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye- Guards, of which the'following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in eve guards, and has for its object the provision of a device of this character especially adapted for use by automobile drivers to prevent dazzling of the eyes by headlights on approaching automobiles.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a partof this sp ecification, and which is a sectional view of an eye guard embodying the invention.

The preferred form of construction, as drawing, comprises two forwardly tapering tubular members 1, secured together by means of slotted cross bars 2 and binding bolts 3, whereby the relative positions of said members 1 may be adjusted to fit the eyes of the wearer. The rearward ends of the members 1 are shaped to fit against the face of the wearer leather binding or pad :1 for the purpose. A head band 5 is secured to the rear ends of the tubular members 1 and is adapted to embrace the head of the wearer to hold'the guard in place.

By this arrangement the eyes of the wearer will be protected from dazzling by the headlights of an approaching automobile, but at the same time the roadway rendered perfectly clear. By adjusting the relative positions of the tubular members 1, the same -may be adjusted to the eyes of the individual wearer, so that the same converge or focus" properly and give but a slngle view of the roadway. An automobile driver,

equipped with an eye guard such as disclosed. can clearly see the roadway, notwith standing the approach of another car with very bright headlights, which would ordinarily dazzle the eyes of such driver and prevent such view of the roadway.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirlt of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims. v

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An eye guard comprising forwardly tapering tubular members, the rearward ends of which are shaped to fit the face of the wearer; adjustable cross-bars securing said tubular members together; and a head band secured to the rear ends of said tubular members and adapted to embrace the head of the wearer, substantially as described.

2. An eye guard comprising forwardly tapering tubular members, the rearward ends of which are shaped to fit the face of the wearer and padded; slotted cross bars securing said tubular members together; adj usting bolts taking through the slots in said cross bars; and a head band secured to the rear ends of said tubular members and adapted to embrace the head of the wearer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV F. STORM.

\Vitnesses S. M. HULBURT, G. M. SoLoN. 

